Question

the table shows the number of books by type checked out from the school library on monday. select the statement that is true .a. for every 3 mystery books checked out 4 nonfiction books were checked out b. for every 3 mystery books checked out 6 nonfiction books were checked out c. for every 4 mystery books checked out 3 nonfiction books were checked out d. for every 6 mystery books checked out 3 nonfiction books were checked out

Answer 1

The ratio between mistery books and non fiction books is:

`(24)/(18)=(6\cdot4)/(6\cdot3)=(4)/(3)=\frac{\text{mistery books}}{\text{non fiction books}}`

therefore, we have that for each 4 mistery books checked out, there are 3 non fiction books checked out.